Two St James men in court for stabbing teen to death

Two St. James men charged with last week's murder of a teenager, yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicolls in the Port-of-Spain Eighth Magistrates' Court.

Rodney Rodriguez, 38, of Baksh Street, Upper Bournes Road, and Cliff Murphy, 42, of Jameson Street, are accused of stabbing to death 18-year-old labourer Ashley Mathlin, at Bournes Road, St James, last week Wednesday. Rodriguez, a shopkeeper, and Murphy, a labourer with the Port-of-Spain City Council, were charged following instructions from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Geoffrey Henderson on Friday. The charges were laid indictably by Sgt Nandram Moonilal of the St James CID.  The accused told the magistrate they had an attorney but could not remember his name. The matter was adjourned to Monday.